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Letter to Congress urging funding for emergency medical services for children in coalition with other advocates, March 20, 2012

Letter to Congress urging a fix to the "family glitch" ACA regulation in coalition with other advocates, March 7, 2012

Amicus Brief regarding ACA's Medicaid expansion in coalition with other advocates, February 15th, 2012

Letter to the Department of Health and Human Services regarding the ACA essential health benefits regulation in coalition with other advocates, January 31, 2012

Letter to the Department of Health and Human Services regarding pediatric dental benefits in coalition with other advocates, September 27, 2011

Letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in support of strong essential health benefits standards for health insurance plans in coalition with other advocates August 25, 2011

Letter to President Obama urging him not to weaken or cut funding to Medicaid or CHIP during debt ceiling negotiations in coalition with other advocates July 20, 2011

Letter to Congress in support of sustaining safety net programs for America’s children in coalition with other advocates, July 19, 2011

Letter in support of Medicaid and CHIP Maintenance of Efforts Provisions in the Affordable Care Act In coalition with other advocates March 1, 2011

Letter from CHF Co-Founders Urging Senator to Vote Against an Amendment to Weaken Health Prevention Provision in Health Reform Law Children's Health Fund, September 10, 2010

Letter from CHF Co-Founders Urging Senator to Vote Against an Amendment to Weaken Health Prevention Provision in Health Reform Law, Sept 10, 2010

Letter of Support for Donald Berwick in coalition with other advocates, June 6, 2010

Letter from CHF Co-Founders to Speaker Pelosi in Support of Preserving CHIP January 7, 2010
Letter from CHF Co-Founders to Sen. Reid in Support of Preserving CHIP January 7, 2010

Letter in support of child preventive health provisions In coalition with other advocates, December 8, 2009

REPORT CARD: Child Health Provisions in Congressional Health Reform. Senate Bill. Children's Health Fund, November 23, 2009

REPORT CARD: Child Health Provisions in Congressional Health Reform. House Bill. Children's Health Fund, November 11, 2009

Letter in support of key children’s coverage provisions In coalition with other advocates, October 22, 2009
Letter in support of provisions to improve the oral health of children In coalition with other advocates, October 15, 2009

Letter in support of expanding healthcare coverage to legal immigrant children In coalition with other advocates, July 28, 2009

Letter from CHF President, Dr. Irwin Redlener, to Congressional Leadership on Health Care Reform, July 17, 2009

Letter in support of provisions to improve health coverage and care for children In coalition with other advocates, July 14, 2009

Policy Briefs

Children in Crisis: Federal Disaster Policy Children's Health Fund Policy Brief, March 2012

Child Health Safety Net Children's Health Fund Policy Brief, March 2012

The Enhanced Medical Home for Medically Underserved Children Children's Health Fund Policy Brief, March 2012

Health Information Technology and Electronic Health Records Children's Health Fund Policy Brief, March 2012

Medicaid Block Grant Proposal: What It Means for Kids Children's Health Fund Policy Brief, June 2011

Preserving Health Care Reform Law Benefits for Kids: Maintenance of Effort Provisions Children's Health Fund Policy Brief, June 2011
Addressing Tranportation as a Barrier to Care Children's Health Fund, August 2010

Children's Health Fund Policy Brief, August 2010

Health Care Reform: Implementing the Law Children's Health Fund Policy Brief, June 2010

Health Care and Children: What Next? Children's Health Fund Policy Brief, April 2010

CHF's Policy Brief on Health Care Reform, Health Reform 2009: What's In It For Kids? Children's Health Fund Policy Brief, December 2009

Health Information Technology and Electronic Health Records Children's Health Fund Policy Brief, April 2009

Establishment of a White House Office on Children and Youth Children's Health Fund Policy Brief, April 2009

The Economic Crisis and the Health, Well-Being and Security of New York’s Children and Families Children's Health Fund Policy Brief, March 2009

State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP) Children's Health Fund Policy Brief, January 2009

The Enhanced Medical Home for Medically Underserved Children Children's Health Fund Policy Brief, January 2009

Comments on Federal Policies

Child Advocate Group Comments on Departments of Health and Human Services and Treasury Proposed Rules and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Pertaining to Affordable Care Act Provisions October 31, 2011

CHF Comments to the Department of Health and Human Services Pertaining to the Establishment of Exchanges and Qualified Health Plans under the Affordable Care Act September 28, 2011

CHF Comments to the Department of Health and Human Services in Response to Request for Comments, Pertaining to Input for a Strategic Plan for Federal Youth Policy January 18, 2011

CHF Comments to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality pertaining to Priority Setting for the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act Pediatric Quality Measures Program January 14, 2011

CHF Comments to the Department of Health and Human Services pertaining to Exchange related provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. October 4, 2010

CHF Comments to the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Education regarding coverage of preventive services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. September 17, 2010

CHF Comments to the Department of Health and Human Services relating to Grandfathered Health Plan Status under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. August 11, 2010

CHF Comments to the Department of Health and Human Services about the revision of Medically Underserved Population and Health Professional Shortage Area designations June 10, 2010

CHF Comments to the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services on the Medicaid Citizenship Documentation Interim Final Rule, 71 Fed. Reg. 39214 August 2006

CHF Comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on the development and adoption of a National Health Information Network January 2005

White Papers

Children Under Siege: Safeguarding Provisions for Children in the New Health Law A Children’s Health Fund Special Report, March 2011

Turning the Corner? Improving the Health of Detroit’s Children Children's Health Fund, December 6, 2010

Legacy of Katrina: The Impact of a Flawed Recovery on Vulnerable Children of the Gulf Coast. A Five Year Status Report Children’s Health Fund and The National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health August 23, 2010

Children’s Health Fund and The National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. August 23, 2010

Reforming Disaster Case Management: National Lessons from Louisiana A roundtable on recovery hosted by Children's Health Fund, December 2009, Louisiana State University

Report and Recommendations from Disaster Case Management in Louisiana: A Roundtable on Recovery from Hurricane Katrina, Rita, Gustav & Ike. 

The Recession and Child Health Access: Why 21 Million Uninsured Kids and Young Americans Can’t Wait for Health Care Reform April 16, 2009
The Recession Generation: Detroit's Children at the Center of the Nation's Economic Crisis April 2009
Legacy of Shame: The On-going Public Healthy Disaster of Children Struggling in Post-Katrina Louisiana Revised January 12, 2009

The 2008 American Preparedness Project: Why Parents May Not Heed Evacuation Orders &What Emergency Planners, Families and Schools Need to Know Annual Survey of the American Public by the National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and The Children's Health Fund Survey administered by the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion. September 2008
Preventing Further Trauma for Children and Families Relocated from FEMA Trailer Parks. May 2008

Mental Health Care in New York State: Prescriptions for Policy Change March 2008
The Growing Health Care Access Crisis for American Children: One in Four at Risk May 2007
Benefits of Best Practice: Asthma Care for High-Risk Children December 2006
Where the American Public Stands on Terrorism, Security, and Disaster Preparedness Sep 2006
Health Status of Harlem’s Children: Improving, but Lagging Far Behind the Rest of the City May 2006
Quality Health Care for Homeless Youth: Examining Barriers to Care July 2005
National Center For Disaster Preparedness How Americans Feel About Terrorism and Security: Three years after September 11 Sep 2004
Preventing Pediatric Diabetes: Are Racial Disparities A Factor? Feb 2004
Disaster Planning After 9/11: Is New York City Ready to Care for its Children? Sep 2003
Health Care for New York’s Homeless Children and Families: Models that Work. May 2003
New York City’s immigrant children: the challenge of ensuring access to care. May 2002
Childhood Obesity and Its Consequences: Nutrition, Activity and the Role of the Health Care Provider. Jan 2002

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) has reached epidemic proportions - particularly among
African-American and Hispanic children living in poverty. For most newly diagnosed children,
T2DM is associated with obesity. The Children=s Health...

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILDREN: A Children’s Health Fund Report. Jan 2001

The Referral Management Initiative: A Children’s Health Fund Report Sep 2000

Press Releases & Statements

More Than Five Million Children In Danger of Losing Access to Health Care Insurance Press Release, January 18, 2011

Statement by Irwin Redlener, MD, President, Children's Health Fund on President Obama's Signing of First Piece of Health Care Reform Legislation Statement, March 22, 2010

Conference Presentations

Medically involved infants and toddlers in the Early Intervention Program: Implications for policy. Roy Grant, MA, and Molly Nozyce, PhD. American Public Health Association, October 25-29, 2008. San Diego, CA.